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BRUSH MACHINE.

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JOHN w. HooKERfoE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR or oNE- HALE TO HARRY K. WALKER, OF roar WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA;

BRUSH-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 607,797, dated July 19, 1898." Application filed February 2, 1898. Serial N0.'668,81'7. (No model.)

T0 in whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. HOOKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, in theState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for- Making Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a machine for the automatic continuous and rapid manufacture of small brushes used for various purposes, but especially those of the type known as mucilage brushes, and which, as is well known, consist of tubular handles formed of sheet metal, within the bores of which are. inserted tufts of bristles upon which the metal of the tubeis'compressed to secure them permanently in place, while upon the shanks or bodies of the handles are mounted metallic disks or caps.

Generally stated, my improved machine, considered as an entirety, in its preferred form, comprehencls, first, mechanism for cutting from a sheet of metal of indeterminate area,strips of a selected width; second, Inech anism for dividing such strips, as they are fed within the machine, into blanks of a suitable length; third, mechanism for forming the metal blanks into tubes; fourth, mechanism for closing one end of each of said tubes; fifth, mechanism, forforcing caps upon said tubes; sixth, mechanism for selecting from a mass of bristles contained within a suitable holder, tufts of such size as may be required for insertion within the tubes; seventh, mechanism for carrying said tufts into proximity to the tubes, and forcing them within the ends of the same; eighth, means for compressing the metal of the ends of the tubesin which the tufts are inserted upon said tufts to secure them in position; and, ninth, means for trimming'the ends of the tufts,-all said mechanisms being contemporaneously operated in the running of the machine.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 show and herein I describe a good form of a'convenient embodiment of my invention, the particular subject matter claimed as novel being here inafter definitely specified.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan View of a machine e1nbodying a good form of my invention.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of that portion of the niachine'in which the metal cutting and tube forming instrumentalities are located, theview being taken from the lower orright hand side of Figure 3.

Figure} is a ,tOPPlfd lHVieW of that portion of themachine in which the metal-cutting and tube-forming instrumentalities are 10- 6o cated.

Figure 4 is a view in end elevation of the apparatus shown in Figure 2, sight, being taken from the right hand end of said figure.

Figure 5 is a view in side elevation of the apparatus shown in Figure 3,. sight being taken from the upper or left hand side ofsaid figure.

Figure 6 is a view in side elevation of a ratchet disk employed as a part of my appa- 7o ratus.

Figure 7 is a view in top plan of the holder for the lower member of the cutting-die.

Figures is a view intop plan of the lower cutting die.'

"Figure 91s a view in end elevation of said lowercutting die.

Figure 10 is sectional plan of portions of the rotating carrier and its connected parts, section being supposed on the dotted line 1010 of Figure 11.-

Figure 11 is asectional elevational view of the rotatable carrier and its associated parts. Figure 12 is a plan ,View of the rotatable carrier, cap plunger, and associated parts,

the hopperthroat being in section. Figure 13 is a view in side elevation of the parts shown'in Figure 12.'

Figure 14 is a central vertical sectional elevation of the cap hopper and hopper throat. 0 Figure liis the central sectional elevation of a form of cap employed in the'construction of the brushes.

Figure 15 is a side sectional elevational view of the parts shown in Figure 14, sight being taken from the right hand side of said figure, and the wall nearest the eye being supposed removed to exhibit interior arrangement.

Figure 16 is a view in elevation of the rorc'o tatable carrier and parts of the tuft supplying mechanism, parts of the latter being shown in section, section being supposed taken on the dotted line 16-16 of Figure 17.

- Fi=gure-17 is aitoppla nsview otthe bristle I p -ientlyoi thecharacter; shown in Figure :7,

Rsaid: support-being preferably formed as a holder andbr'istle supplying mechanism.

I f Wff i' Figurea1f$ and19are top-plan viewsoi the I bristle "suppiying mechanism, illustrating diiE- Figures-2073.116 21amviewsrespectively side and frontelevation-, ct th e'swaging g vandshearing mechanism; 'Fi'gures 22 and23 are respectivelya-top iplan-viewland a view in side elevation of the ferent positions of itspartsp I ejecting mechanism.

Similar-lettersof reference indicate corre" spending parts.

ot-theanailiary support A and withtheir I passin alinement with thenpper faceof said f support-i.

' auxiliary support,-1which. serves as a f*ta'-b1e',rests and travels a sheet of met 2 the-character employed. in. the in aniifaictnreof brush handietubes. 1 2B 13', Figures" 1 and are a l rolis,: supported i u the-frame w'urkA in front.

7 In the organizationcf my improved machiuie '7 I as shown in the accompanying drawings, the i operative parts are mounted fnpen and I in I connection with a suitable frame werk or su'p i pert, designated A, and which; provided it; serves to support the werkingparts in oper ative position, may be of any preferred farm. andarrangement.

' or" the-i machine, and tapes and; along pairof fee'din I is" El, Figures :1 and 2;, are a pair of. shear-1.

I ingdiskssupported with their edges slightly overlapping each other in the usual manner, located immediately in front of the feeding rolls, and in such position that the sheet of metal advanced from the feed table A toward the machine by the feeding rolls is constantly fed between them, with the result,-the inner or right hand edge of the advancing sheet of metal being guided by the guide a of the feed table,-that said shears cut from the right hand edge portion of the sheet, a strip of metal, the breadth of which will be regulated by the set of said shearing disks and feed table.

The body of the sheet of metal outside of the shearing disks, from which such strip is severed, falls to the ground or is otherwise disposed of, until the rear end of the sheet passes between the shears, whereupon said sheet may be carried to the rear of the machine, placed as to its advance end upon the feeding table with its freshly cut edge against the guide a and may thereupon be advanced between the feed rolls and shearing disks, for the severance of another strip.

Situated just in front of the pair of shearing disks is a cutting mechanism consisting of a pair of dies, Figures 2, 7, 8, and 9, the up per of which is designated 13 and the lower B The lower die, which is stationary, consists of a plate of metal 19 of the form shown in Fig ure '8, mnunted. upon. s-upportbi convenr hraeketzprcjeeting frcm the-bodyof the'frame-i i l he npperd'e, 13 is as toits, actingfaee of the; sameontline as the cpe ningb in the H I plate b, of the lowerdi e, and is mounted upon the; lower end of a i die carrying i plunger I adapted to have vertical; movement towardq andfrcmsaid lower die and 1 'uidedin its.

mcvementshyitsengagelnent inagnide. l j I sleeve 12 show-nee ecialiinl li ure-fil The upper, die is; actuated. by means dc 1 i 'scribed-hereinafter to come into acting can I tact with; the lower; die, across the upper face at which the strip of tin severed from 1 the body of the m-ainj'sheet bythe shearing disks I t-I31VelS,*?-lill jsuch intervals as wi; l, sever; the traveling strip ints blanks, or secticns'ot, pre- I r r determined length; A is ran-auxiliary I support; conveniently formsdas'a bracket secured to their: sin frame i'A'iZn the vieinityof what I termthe rear-"end this feed 1 ii of;

Theformof the (lies is as illustrated such I that at: each descent; etythe upper die, the strip is completely severed said die acting to cut from; the strip in severing it, a small see j'tin'n 'oifthe same outline as the opening bitin V the :lowerd-iawi'th'ths result that-the, blanks w, I into which the strip isidivided theact-ien I of thedie's, areas tetheir advanee ends pro. vided with serrated edges and as to their rear :endswith traightedges; I z I I I I 7 B913 B ZB 13 1 3 7 B B ,'and B B are-pairs of tuhe formi-ng 7 'i w rolls, shown especially in Figure 2V, and ranged in line-withjeaeh' other and, withthe cutting :rnechanism referred to, which rolls receive the metal blanks into which the cutting dies divide the strip of metal, and, by their successive or progressive action upon them form them into tubes.

The rolls B B receive the blanks one at a time from the cutting dies, and, as said blanks pass through said rolls, they are slightly bent or guttered and passed on to the dies 13 B, which slightly increase the guttering or bending of the blanlqas do also in succession the dies 13 B 13 B, through which in succession said blanks pass.

The blanks, as they emerge from the rolls 13 have a cross section approximately U- shaped.

The aXes of the rolls of the pairs 13, B B B B, B are, as shown in the drawings, horizontally disposed; the rolls B and B bet-ween which the blanks as they emerge from the rolls B pass in succession, are, however, vertically disposed, and through the passes of said rolls, as well as through the pass of the rolls B which passes are all in alinement with the passes of the rolls B -B ,-eXtends a mandrel, I), supported by a depending arm I), the upper end of which is secured to the main frame A.

The U-shaped blanks as they progress from the rolls B B to the rolls B B are not interfered with by the supporting arm 1) lies; I

of the mandrel b inasmuch as the edges of the blanks pass along on the opposite sides of said supporting arm.

The U-shaped blanks are, as they progress through the pass of the rolls B 13 reduced to their final form, that is to say their edges are bent down upon the upper face of the mandrel and caused to overlap each other, so that the blank assumes the form of a complete tube.

As the blanks, which may now be termed tubes, emerge from the pass of the rolls 13 they are taken within the pass of the rolls 13 the axes of which are horizontally disposed, and the upper member of which last mentioned pair, by travel upon the overlapped edges of said tubes, fixes said overlapped edges very firmly in position, and completes the formation of the tube.

Said rolls B as they act upon the tubes, also force them along the mandrel, b and within the pass of a pair of horizontally disposed delivery rolls B B in alinement with the other rolls hereinbefore referred to, and from which delivery rolls the tubes are carried bya conveyer, whereof hereinafter, to the rotatable carrier.

It is of course to be understood, that the passes of the successive rolls 13 B", B B B, 13 ,13 B B are as hereinbefore explained, of such form as to effect the bending of the blank to the form of a tube, and that rolls adapted to accomplish this purpose by successive action of their passes upon blanks of metal are not in themselves novel with me, and, that therefore I do not herein illustrate with great precision the exact construction of such rolls or the precise forms of their successive passes.

Obviously, my improved machine may be constructed with a less number or a greater number of blank shaping rolls than the number indicated, and obviously also the rolls which transform the blank into a tube may be differently disposed and arranged without departure from the spirit of my invention, the arrangement illustrated being merely one well adapted to carry out the objects of my invention.

Of course the precise arrangement of driv=- ing gear through which from a main driving shaft power is transmitted to the rolls already described, is a matter within the province of the constructor and does not form an essential part of my invention.

Conveniently however, the mechanism shown in the drawings and which I now proceed. to describe may be resorted to.

I prefer to so organize the machine that the shaping rolls 13*, B B B B and the delivery rolls B shall all be constant in their movement, but that the feeding rolls the shearing disks, and the shaping rolls, B B and B shall all operateintermittently in periods timed with relation to the movement of the reciprocating upper member of the pair of cutting dies.

idle gear in turn meshes with a gear for depending from the shaft 0 0, Figures 2, 3, and 5, is the main driving shaft supposed operated by any suitable and convenient motor mechanism, mounted in bearingslocated in the upper portion of the framework of'the machine, equipped with the fast and loose driving pulleys O and a driving gear 0 mounted in mesh with an idle gear C mounted on a shaft 0 supported in suitable bearings in the main frame A, which 0 (see Fig. 5), which drives the feed rolls the shearing'disks and the forming and delivery rolls hereinbefore referred to,-one train of gearing operated by said wheel 0 driving the rolls B B B B B and B, with a constant movement, and the other train driving the feed rolls, the shearing disks,and the forming rolls B B B and 13 with an intermittent movement, as hereinbefore referred to.

D is a toothed sector loosely mounted upon with-relation to which it is adapted to have a pendulous motion, and D is a link connective of the Wheel 0 and said sector, and through which said wheel 0 operates to positively oscillate said sector on its axis of movement. 1

The link D is provided as to one end with a wrist-pin entered within a slot 02 formed in the toothed sector D and extending radially from its axis, and is provided as to its other end with a corresponding wrist-pin engaged in a radial slot 0 formed in said Wheel 0 By means of the Wrist-pins referred to the" extremities of the link maybe secured in such positions with respect to the lengths of the slots d C as will occasion the required throw of the toothed sector.

' The teeth of the face of the toothed sector D are in constant engagement, see Figures 4,

5, and 6, with the teeth of a circular rack E mounted upon a sleeve which also carries a ratchet disk LE said sleeve being loosely mounted upon a shaft 6 in the vicinity of a ratchet E affixed to said shaft, said disk having one or more pawls e normally held in en-- IIO gagement with the teeth of said ratchet by springs 6 as shown especially in Figure 6.

As will now be understood, movement of the toothed sector in either direction occasions corresponding movement of the ratchet disk, said ratchet disk however when moved in one direction being without effect upon its shaft 6, its pawls slipping idly past theratchetteeth, but when moved in the opposite direction effecting the engagement of the pawls" with the ratchet, and the positive driving of said shaft.

. The inner ends of the axles of the feed rolls are each equipped with toothed wheels in mesh with each other and designated f f while the inner ends of the axles of the shearing disks are similarly equipped with intermeshed toothed wheels designated respectively f f (see Fig. 5.)

The inner ends of the axles of the shaping rolls B are similarly provided with intermeshed toothed wheels f f; the inner ends of the axles of the shaping-rolls B are similarly provided with intermeshed tooth wheels f fthe axles of the shaping rolls B are similarly provided upon the opposite side of the frame with intermeshed toothed wheels designated respectively f f, (see Fig. 3) the i plunger through an eccentric, mounted upon 1 the shaft 0 about which is passed the eccentric strap 13 connected to the upper end of 1 said plunger b inner end of the lower axle being also provided with a toothed wheel f the inner ends of the axles of the shaping rolls B are similarly provided with intermeshed toothed wheels designated respectively f f G, Figurest and 5, is adriving wheel affixed mounted,and directly in gear with the toothed wheels f and f and in gear through the idler g with the toothed wheelf which toothed wheel f is through the intermediate idle wheel 9 in gear with the toothed wheel f I Said toothed wheel f is through an intermediate idler g in gear with the toothed wheel f the motion of which is through the idler g transmitted tothe toothed wheel f As a result of this arrangement as will be obvious, the intermittent forward motion imparted to the shaft 8 through the toothed sec tor, and ratchet disk, will be transmitted to the feeding rolls, the shearing disks, and the shaping rolls B B B and B with the result that all said instrumentalities will be operated to intermittent movement in absolute unison.

The inner ends of the axles of the shaping rolls B are provided with intermeshed toothed wheels f f, the inner ends of the axles of the shaping rolls B are provided with intermeshed toothed wheels f f; the inner ends of the axles of the shaping rolls B are pro Vided with intermeshed toothed wheels f f while the inner ends of the axles of the delivery rolls B are provided with intermeshed toothed wheels f 19 f The upper ends of the axles of the rolls B (see Figs. 8 and 5) are provided with intermeshed toothed Wheels f f and the upper ends of the axles of the shaping rolls B are providedwith intermeshed gear wheels f f The axle of one of the rolls B is provided With a gear f in mesh with a gear f on the axle of one of the rolls B The wheel GR is in mesh with the wheel 0 and on the same shaft with said wheel G is mounted a smaller toothed wheel G, said Wheel Gr (see Figs. 3 and 5) being in mesh with the toothed gears f f and in mesh through the idler g with the toothed wheel f and through the idler g with the toothed wheel f G is a gear wheel mounted on a shaft'extending transversely of the framework, and in mesh with said toothed wheel G, Figures 2, 3, and 5, the other end of said shaft being equipped with a bevel gear G engaged with a corresponding bevel gear G mounted on the lower end of the axle of the outer member of the pair of rolls B.

As a result of the arrangement described the 4. some? rolls B 13 B B12, B13, and B14, will all be constantly operated in a common direction at an equal speed.

The upper die of the strip cutting mechanism is as stated mounted upon a die carrying plunger 13 Motion of reciprocation is imparted to this (J is a reciprocating driver, operated from the main shaft, and serving to impart motion to the shaft upon which the ratchet-disk is 1 to several operative instrumentalities forming part of the machine, whereof hereinafter.

Motion is conveniently imparted to this reciprocating driver through a plunger 0 Figure 2, mounted and arranged for vertical reciprocation, and connected to said driver through a bell-crank lever 0 The upper end of said plunger is provided with an eccentric strap which is engaged with an eccentric mounted on the shaft 0 Description has now been given of the instrunientalities employed in the manufacture of the metal tubes.

In the organization of my invention illustrated in the drawings, a movable holder or rotatable carrier is employed to present the tubes one by one to each of the instrumentalities employed in the manufacture of the brush.

The said rotatable carrier, designated H, is shown as consisting of a rotatable disk provided with a series of radial recesses 7t each adapted to receive one of the tubes, said disk being associated 'with driving mechanism, whereby its predetermined intermittent rotation is effected.

I, Figure 2, is a guide plate which extends from the vicinity of the delivery rolls to the vicinity of the periphery of the rotatable carrier, and is provided with. a horizontal slot 1; extending almost from end to end of the same. A conveyor is mounted in said slot and is adapted to travel from end to end of the same, and convey the tubes one by one, from the delivery rolls to the rotatable carrier, said conveyor being best shown in Figures 2 and 3. The arrangement of the conveyor to which I prefer to resort is as follows:.

A conveyor stud shaft extends through the slot 2' and is provided with a head which travels along the inside face of the plate I and a crank plate i which travels along the exterior face of the plate I and is provided with a wrist-pin which is entered in an elongated slot t", in a rock-arm v1 mounted upon a rockshaft i journaled in the frame-work of the machine and rocked through the medium of an actuating arm 77*, (see Figure 2) extending down into the vicinity of the reciprocating driver 0 and provided with an elongated slot, i in which a pin t on said reciprocating driver is entered.

I are a pair of spring fingers conveniently formed as shown in Figure 3, of a strip of sheet metal bent to an approximately U- shaped form, and the extremities of which are normally set together a distance slightly less than the diameter of the tubes, said spring fingers being mountedupon the inner end of the conveyer stud shaft, in line with and in close proximity to the pass of the de-, livery rolls.

In the normal position of the parts, being that illustrated 'in Figure 2, the spring fingers are so situated that a tube emerging from the pass of the delivery rolls will travel just beneath their extremities,and in the operation of the machine the advance end of said tube will arrive beneath said fingers, just as, in the timing of the machine, the reciprocating driver O starts in its movement to the right, (Figure 2.)

The movement of the reciprocating driver to the right will occasion the movement of the rock arm on the rock shaft as a fulcrum, and the right hand edge, Figure 2, of the slot .2" bearing againstthe wrist-pin of the crank plate i will slightly deflect said crank downward, occasioning a corresponding descent or deflection of the spring fingers, I forcing them down upon either side of the tube.

In the continued movement of the reciprocating driver to the right, the rock arm will,

in its corresponding movement, through its engagement with the wrist-pin, draw the stud-shaft, with its associated parts, along the slot z'of'the plate I, without further axial movement of said stud shaft, so that the tube will be carried along in a horizontal position until its advance end is entered in a socket h of the rotatable carrier.

When the carrier has traveled so far to the left, Fig. 2 that the advance end of the tube is inserted in said socket, the reciprocating driver has reached the limit of its throw to the right, Figure 2, and begins to move to the left, with the result that the crank plate and stud are thrown axially slightly to the right or upward, thus removing the spring fingers from the tube, said stud and crank plate being in the continued movement to the left of the reciprocating driver moved along the slot to the right, without further axial movement until they reach the position shown in Figure 2, in readiness, upon the movement of the reciprocating shaft to the right, to engage the succeeding tube delivered by the delivery rolls.

The rotatable carrier is as stated provided with a series of radial sockets, six of said sockets happening to be shown in the organization of my invention illustrated in the drawings.

The sockets are of large diameter, and are respectively provided with sleeves h the exteriors of which are of such size as to snugly fit within said sockets and be secured therein by retaining screws, and the bores of which are of such size as to snugly fit upon the eX- teriors of the tubes inserted within them.

Manifestly, by the employment of sleeves of different thicknesses, brush handle tubes of different sizes 'may be received, without any necessity for employing diiferent'radial carriers.

The sleeves h are equipped with shaping dies consisting of blocks 7L2 one of which is seated in the inner end of each of said sleeves, each of said blocks having a concave face, as shown particularly in Figure 11.

Manifestly, as the handle tube is inserted in a socket, and forced inwardly under pressure, the teeth of its serrated endimpinging against the curved convex face of a die, will be deflected inwardly to close the advance end of said tube.

The rotatable carrier is advanced step by step, so that an empty socket is always in position toreceive a tube each time the conveyer advances to carry a tube from the de-.

livery rolls.

The rotatable carrier, see Figures 10 and 11, is shown as provided with a hub seated upon a short vertical shaft 77. to the lower I end of which hub are secured a lockin'gplate 71 and a ratchet plate 71 a Connected with the reciprocating driver is a pivoted pawl 7t provided with a stud adapted to engage the successive teeth of said ratchet plate, and held to contact with the face of said ratchet plate by any usual spring con trivance, such as that shown in Figure 10 of thedrawings, and through which pawl and ratchet the rotatable carrier is in the reciprocation of said driver C given an intermittent rotation.

v The locking plate k is as shown in the drawings, a disk provided with a series of rounded peripheral recesses, in which successively engages the rounded head of a radially disposed spring actuated bolt, W, the tendency of which is constantly to bear against said plate. The engagement of the locking bolt, within said recesses, is such as to hold said locking plate and consequently the rotatable carrier quite firmly in each of its successive positions,but by reason of the round form of the peripheral recesses, the round end of said locking bolt will, when positive motion of r0- tation is imparted to the structurethrough the ratchet, ride up the sides of said recesses against the stress of its own spring. The locking bolt thus serves to maintain the ro-' tatable carrier in position with such firmnessas overcomes any tendency of saidplate to become jolted out of position in the jar and vibration of the machine, but at the same time yields when positive motion of rotation is imparted to said carrier.

The next step in'the operation of the machine consists in providing each of the ham dle tubes with a cap X of the character ordinarily employed and such as is shown in Figure 14% and at the same time forcing the tubes inwardly within the sockets of the rotatable crrrier with such pressure as to close their advance ends as hereinbefore described.

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J, Figures 14 and 15, is a hopper situated at the point opposite which the newly inserted tubes first come to rest after their insertion in the rotatable carrier andrthe movement of said carrier, said h'opperbein g constantly supplied with caps of the character illustrated. The lower end of the hopper terminates in or is equipped with a cap holder which supports said caps one by one successively in line with the handle tubes as they are successively brought to the region of said hopper, and in line also with the reciprocating cap plunger K shown particularly in Figures 12 and 13, arranged for reciprocation radially with respect to the rotatable carrier.

The cap holder in which the hopper terminates, supports the caps between and in axial alinement with the cap plunger on the one hand and the tube carried by the rotatable carrier on the other, with the result that as the plunger advances, it first encounters and takes up, so to speak, the cap, and in its continued movement first seats said cap upon the exterior of said tube, and finally forces said tube inwardly against the base of the socket, all as will be understood from an examination of Figure 12.

The advance end of the plunger is slightly convex, and of such diameter as to snugly fit within the peripheral flange of the cap, so that when said advance end enters within the cap supported by the holder, and carries it out of said holder, the tendency of said cap is to remain seated upon said advance end.

The plunger, is provided with an axial bore of such diameter as to receive the protruding extremity of the handle tube, and is within and at the base of said bore, provided with a mandrel k, which, entering the mouth of said tube, prevents it from buckling or bending under the pressure applied to the outer end of the tube by the cap plunger.

As will now be understood, the cap plunger, inits advance, receives in its bore the protruding extremity of the handle tube, with the result that the cap carried upon the end of the plunger will be seated upon the exterior of said tube, and, in continued movement of the plunger, the base of its bore encounters the outer or protruding end of the tube, and forces said tube inwardly to carry its inner end into contact with the die at the inner end of the socket, the parts being so proportioned that the advance of the plunger K is continued just far enough to seat the cap in the proper position upon the tube and to deflect the serrations or teeth at the inner end of the tube just to the proper angle.

The cap plunger may be conveniently operated through a bell crank K one arm of which is connected to the reciprocating driver O and the other connected through a link with said plunger, the plunger itself being seated in a suitable housing K to secure its support and its accuracy of movement.

The cap holder shown in the drawings, consists of a structure having a throat at its lower end of such dimensions as to permit the passage of the caps one by one sem'atz'm; the throat itself, which is a box-like structure, depends between the cap plunger K and the rotatable carrier, and its two side faces jj are provided with circular openings of diameter very slightly larger than that of the caps, and in alinement with each other and the plunger.

A web extends across the throat just below these openings, in which is seated a vertical adjustable screw 7' provided with a supporting plate 9' at its upper end, the arrangement being such that by the adjustment of the screw the supporting plate may be set to a position in which its upper face is in line with the lower edge of said openings.

The caps descend successively down within the throat, resting one upon another, the lowermost resting upon the supporting plate j and in alinement with the openings in said box-throat.

The plunger reciprocates through these openings in the throat, as described, carrying away one of the caps in each of its forward movements, a new cap descending into contact with the supporting plate as soon as its predecessor has been thus carried away, and the plunger withdrawn.

slightly in excess of the breadth of the caps, to accommodate adjusting plates j at the respective sides of the openings as shown in Figures 12, 14, and 15, which plates are adapted to be set up by suitable screws, f, so that their inner faces are in exact alinement with the respective edges of the openings.

The hopper J itself has three practically vertical walls of a permanent character, and one inclined wall, as shown particularly in Figure 14.

tively at the upper and lower ends of the inclined wall, are provided with an apron J which travels upwardly inside said inclined wall, and downwardly outside of said wall, passing through the apron openings J 2 J the exterior face of said apron being provided with projections or barbs J of the character shown.

It is desired that caps shall in descending through the throat of the hopper present their concave faces toward the cap plunger, and it is the function of the barbs of this apron, in the event of caps descending to the lower portion of the hopper in a reversed position, to engage within them and carry them to the upper portion of the hopper where they will, in the agitation of the mass of caps due to their descent and the agitation imparted to them by barbs of the apron, be turned to the desired position.

The apron affords no obstruction to the descent through the throat of caps faced in the desired direction.v

The transverse length of the throat is V A pair of carrying rolls J X J X fixed respec- The hopper J is supposed full of the caps. In Figure 14: several caps are illustrated in dotted lines as in place within it.

The apron is conveniently actuated to ro-. tation'through a band or cord J ,'Figure 1,

which is bent upon a driving band wheel J 5 (Figure 3) and upon a driven band wheel J (Figure 15) mounted upon the axle of ,the lower apron roller, J

In the next succeeding rotation of the rotatable carrier, the handle tube, with itsinner end closed, and with the cap seated upon it, is carried into alinement with the mechanism by which it is supplied with its tuft of bristles.

A bristle holder L is located in the vicinity of the rotatable carrier, said holder being especially shown in Figures 1 and 17 of the drawings.

As illustrated, the holderconsists of a flexible wall L which may be formed of a leather strap or similar device, the body of which incloses the mass of bristles, resting upon their ends upon the upper surface of the bed plate of the machine, and the respective extremi ties of which pass about the respective members of a pair of vertically disposed rollers, LIF, located in the vicinity of each other, and constituting the mouth of the holder.

Wires L L or other flexible connections are attached to the extremitiesof the strap, and, running over pulleys, are secured to weights, springs or similar devices, to constantly draw' the holder taut.

The rollers L L are mounted upon suitable studs .in the respective shanks of which are openings in axial alinement in which are seated carriers, IFL, the opposing extremities of which are provided with lip-blocks, L L which are in contact with each other, under the stress of springs which force said carriers constantly toward each other.

The opposing faces of said blocks are slight- 1y cut away as shown in Figure 17, to facilitate the entrance of the tuft carriers, whereof hereinafter.

M is a fixed plate having a guide slot which maybe considered as consisting of three di-visions m m m continuous of each other,and having a vertical key stud on rising from its upper surface.

M is a bell-crank lever pivotally connected to the body of said plate,'or a connection there- 'of, one arm of which is connected to an actuating link M, and the other provided with a slot m which intersects the guide slot referred to.

N is a stud mounted in said slot m of the bell-crank lever, and adapted to havemovement toward and from the axis of said lever, but not free to have movement on its own axis.

This'stud is provided with a finger n as shown especially in Figure 16.

.O is a bristle carrier plate, the same being a plate of metal having a central slot O through which the stud N referred to extends,

and a key-slot 0 through which the key stud m of the guide plate extends.

Upon the inner end .of the bristle carrier plate are pivotally mounted a pair of bristle carrier fingers P. P each provided with one protruding jaw, which jaws extend beyond the bristle carrying plate and are externally tapered as shown, one of the said fingers being provided with a rigid shank, p, and the other with a spring-shank, p, which bears against said rigid shank, and tends to keep the jaws of the device normally closed.

One of the fingers has, as shown in Figures 18 and 19, a tooth which engages in a recess in the other, whereby motion communicated to one finger is transmitted to the other, so that the two mutually approach and separate uniformly.

, P is an ejector .plate, being a plate of metal, the inner extremity of which is pivotally seated upon the stud N and the outer portion of which runs in suitable grooves formed in the opposing faces of the carrier fingers, the

free end of said ejector shaped recess as shown. The key-slot in the bristle carrier plate is plate having a V- of the form shown in the drawings, and the key stud m rising from the fixed plate M, is, as to its lower portion, of oval section, its major transverse axis being of length in excess of the breadth of the body of the keyseat,-with the result that the bristle carrier plate 0 may only move longitudinally with reference to the saidstud when the major transverse axis of said stud coincide with the axis of the said key-slot, that is to say, when the parts are in the position shown in Figure l9,said bristle carrier plate 0 when in other positions than that shown in Figure 19 being merely capable of rotating upon said key stud m as an axis, the said key stud permitting such rotation when itself in position in the enlarged end of said key slot.

; The bristle carrier plate and its associated devices have two limits of movement, in one of which, being that shown in Figures 17v and 18, the carrier fingers are in line with a han- IIO dle tube presented by the rotatable carrier,

and in the other of which, shown in Figures 1 and 19, said carrier fingers are in line with the mouth of the bristle holder.

- In Figure 18, the parts are shownin the position in which they exist just after the delivery of a tuft of bristles to the mouth of a tube, and in Figure 19 in the position which they assume just as the bristle carrier fingers have received a tuft of bristles from the bristle holder.

The operation in detail is as follows:

The operating link M being caused to move to the right, Figure 18, the slotted arm of the bell-crank lever M is caused to travel from the lefthand end of the guide slot 072 m m Figure 18, around to the vicinity of its right hand end 5 in thismovement of the bellcrank as the stud N moves down the portion 

